Should all Twitter usage be for work, or is personal tweeting allowed? How do you make sure that a tweet does not hurt the company or give up sensitive information? How can you be sure that an employee is not wasting time tweeting?

"Some people make the argument: If companies aren't screening phone conversations, why would they worry about Twitter so much?" Caroline Dangson, a social media analyst at IDC, tells CIO.com.

CIO.com offers a few tips for smart tweeting policies:

• Update your company's code of business conduct.
• Identify who has a Twitter account at your company.
• Employees should put disclaimers on their policies.
• Work with employees on guidelines.
• Check out guidelines used by other companies.

For more on developing a Twitter policy:
- check out this CIO.com article

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